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This is an old hymn which I am going to sing in church tomorrow morning. In the summer, the choir is off, and so our music director lines up all kinds of people to do the offertory, until September comes and the choir is back.
I made this recording to "get my head in the game," to help me to focus and concentrate on the beautiful text and melody of this song. What I like most about the text is the wonderful picture of heaven, on the last verse. "Christ will gird himself and serve us, with sweet manna all around."
I love the melody, also, because it is pentatonic. If you don't know what that means, it simply means that you could play every note of this melody on the black keys of the piano. It also makes it easier to sing!
Hope this song is a blessing to all who hear it. The Lord has truly blessed me through this song. What a beautiful way to enter into worship, for Christians to "get their heads into the game," and what a hopeful picture of our life to come.
The piano playing is me "live." (Well, maybe a few edits.) The piano sound comes from my Synthogy Ivory plug-in. My mic is a Shure 565SD dynamic mic, running through a FastTrack interface. My controller is a Yamaha P-120. I have a 2004 eMac with Tiger and GB3.
Lyrics:
Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses’ sister aided him;
Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior, tell them that He will be found;
Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too;
Let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new.
Then He’ll call us home to Heaven, at His table we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird Himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.
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Encore &mdash 07/16/06 - 10:05:18 AM
Sing more, please. I like your easy vibrato, the way it floats on tiptoes
over the melody. I feel a lightness of being that is cleansing. Thanks for
the Sunday morning peace. [ Reply to This ]
Encore &mdash 07/21/06 - 07:52:19 AM
Tobin, you have a way with words. Did anyone ever tell you that you are very
creative?
Thanks for the kind comments, and for stopping by.
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I agree with Tobin &mdash 07/16/06 - 11:00:14 AM
You should sing more. Thank you for uploading this and I hope all went
well with your performance this Sunday. [ Reply to This ]
I agree with Tobin &mdash 07/21/06 - 07:55:33 AM
Thank you, Mungo. I sang this at the 8:00 and 9:30 services. Went OK both
times. At 8:00, I had trouble with the arpeggio section after the first verse,
because the mic was in my line of sight with the keys. (Next time, a headset
mic!)
9:30 was better, but it sounded to me like my mic was not hot enough. A little
disconcerting.
Oh well, you do your best, and pray that the Holy Spirit will work through your
efforts, no matter how they turn out.
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Wonderful job John &mdash 07/16/06 - 11:41:13 AM
This is the first time I've heard you sing. You have a wonderful voice!
Would like to hear it more often. Of course, you were singing a wonderful
hymn, so that might explain it. :-)
God bless you,
Rick
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Wonderful job John &mdash 07/16/06 - 12:37:12 PM
Thanks, Tobin, Mungo, and Rick. I do enjoy singing, and I'm glad you like the
sound.
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You could make a nice CD of this &mdash 07/16/06 - 09:17:45 PM
and other hymns in this style. You use your voice in a way that focuses on the words and melody - not yourself. (Hard to explain, but I think you have an idea what I mean.) It's very nice and reflective. [ Reply to This ]
You could make a nice CD of this &mdash 07/21/06 - 08:00:05 AM
Thanks, K. I do try to let the words speak for themselves, and not embellish the
classic melody too much.
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Wow! &mdash 07/17/06 - 03:15:06 PM
Your vox is wonderful here John. Please sing for us on future efforts as
well. Piano playing is very pretty. A nice interpretation of a classic hymn.
God bless!
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Wow! &mdash 07/21/06 - 08:43:07 PM
Thanks so much, Michael, I appreciate it.
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Simply beautiful &mdash 07/18/06 - 12:53:01 PM
This reminds me of a Gaither Trio tune - great voice and presentation John, as usual - you truly honor your gifts and your Maker! [ Reply to This ]
Simply beautiful &mdash 07/22/06 - 10:41:53 AM
Comparing my stuff to the Gaithers' is a big compliment, Dreadmon, and I
appreciate it.
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nice &mdash 07/20/06 - 06:49:22 AM
vocal control ....i agree more singing ..maybe more in the swinging vien
too...... [ Reply to This ]
nice &mdash 07/22/06 - 08:12:27 PM
Thanks, McBoy.
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Beautiful &mdash 07/22/06 - 08:15:52 PM
John, this is lovely. You have a great voice. And here I thought you
were just a piano virtuoso. The combination is incredible. And what a
gorgeeous hymn. I didn't know this one, so thank you for introducing it
to me. Really stellar work here. [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 07/23/06 - 02:35:06 PM
Thank you, Joanna, that's very kind. Coming from an excellent vocalist like you,
that's gratifying.
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Piano &mdash 09/07/06 - 03:16:48 PM
Your piano playing is beautiful. I love this version of a great hymn. [ Reply to This ]
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over the melody. I feel a lightness of being that is cleansing. Thanks for
the Sunday morning peace.
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